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###§=^.... *..............the ocean...............* ....^=§###
#§=....... *......................................* .......=§#
##@#$§*=^. *.living.ghost.of..the.primordial soup.* .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^. *......................................* .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^.                                          .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^. wavering just out of sight               .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^.                             just outside .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^. the termination shock of perception,     .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^.                                          .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^. a roaring depth reduced to a gentle      .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^. swell upon the minds coast,              .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^.                                          .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^. invisible laps, claiming you,            .^=*§$#@##
##$§*^....                 not reaching.            ....^*§$##
@###$§*=^.                                          .^=*§$###@
##@#$§*=^. but the body has limits, the barrier is  .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^. impermanent, and exhaustion unlocks it.  .^=*§$#@##
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##$§=^.... with closed eyes and a fractured self,   ....^=§$##
##@#$§*=^. the shooting star on it's way to the     .^=*§$#@##
##$§*=.... dark lake,                               ....=*§$##
#@@#$§*=^. you can hear the waves as they speak.    .^=*§$#@@#
##@#$§*=^.                                          .^=*§$#@##
@##§**=^^. sometimes they're people,                .^^=**§##@
##$§**^^^. sometimes there's birds,                 .^^^**§$##
@@#§==.... but there's always a warm alien embrace. ....==§#@@
##@#$§*=^.                                          .^=*§$#@##
##@#$§*=^. and this time they hit shore.            .^=*§$#@##
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